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with foreign policy specifically syria on top of the agenda, now at least 13 people were killed and 70 wounded today by car bombs in the capital of damascus in that country's bloody on-going civil war while at least one child was killed and several people wounded in what witnesses describe as a syrian government air strike on a refugee camp near the turkish border. meanwhile, the guardian reports syrian rebels and the government of bashar al-assad are blaming each other for that chemical weapons attack monday. president obama had previously said the assad government would cross a "red line" if it used chemical weapons. and he sort of repeated that today. >> obama: the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer. not simply for the united states but for the international community. >> john: but mr. obama also seemed in no hurry to move. >> obama: with a we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we don't know how they were used when they were used, who used them. and when i am make decisions about america's national security and the potential fo
with foreign policy specifically syria on top of the agenda, now at least 13 people were killed and 70 wounded today by car bombs in the capital of damascus in that country's bloody on-going civil war while at least one child was killed and several people wounded in what witnesses describe as a syrian government air strike on a refugee camp near the turkish border. meanwhile, the guardian reports syrian rebels and the government of bashar al-assad are blaming each other for that chemical...
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america has seldom found herself in a more confusing foreign policy position. nobody wants to a more american troops to die in the mideast quagmire and nobody can agree on the morally responsible course of the action we can bring in air power but that runs the risk of russia bushing back. we have a long and evil history of getting in bed with the wrong people. america is like the cast of girls with its own flag. it's a bloody mess in syria and no one is find an easy solution except for one man. it's a little known fact but senator john mccain owns a sophisticated jet pack which he uses to travel from network news morning shows to morning show every sunday morning. and this weekend the man who decided your national economy saying how easy it would be if we gave war a chance. >> the russians have said they would move in. >> if they moved in, it would make it more complicated, and certainly gives us skepticism about a conference, but we provide with a safe zone. we can give them a place to organize inside syria and give them the heavy weapons they need. >> besides
america has seldom found herself in a more confusing foreign policy position. nobody wants to a more american troops to die in the mideast quagmire and nobody can agree on the morally responsible course of the action we can bring in air power but that runs the risk of russia bushing back. we have a long and evil history of getting in bed with the wrong people. america is like the cast of girls with its own flag. it's a bloody mess in syria and no one is find an easy solution except for one man....
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to president obama your foreign policy is not working. >> stephanie: what did he say in the middle. >> i believe we're in a war that is not winding down. we're in a war that is morphing. the concepts that the president talks about in many ways, but if he doesn't change his policies, the middle east is going to blow up. >> stephanie: oh middle east. that was a little lambsy divy. >> i believe in unicorns that fart glitter. [ farting sounds ] [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: okay. let's go to stephanie in canton ohio. hey, stephanie. >> caller: hi, i love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i just wanted to say in answer -- when jim -- that lady was talking, stephanie also about collateral damage what if her i child was the collateral damage, would that change the conversation? >> stephanie: i think her point would be she wouldn't be engaged in terrorism. >> caller: but a lot of these kids that are killed aren't engaged either. >> stephanie: and her point was her dad was radicallizing him as well -- >> caller: yeah. i'm with jim. >> stephanie: lots of folks are. >> uh-huh. >> st
to president obama your foreign policy is not working. >> stephanie: what did he say in the middle. >> i believe we're in a war that is not winding down. we're in a war that is morphing. the concepts that the president talks about in many ways, but if he doesn't change his policies, the middle east is going to blow up. >> stephanie: oh middle east. that was a little lambsy divy. >> i believe in unicorns that fart glitter. [ farting sounds ] [ bell chimes ] >>...
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foreign policy. the leaks helped spark a revolution in tunisia. played a small but important role there and have sparked worldwide debates discussions and reforms. the real question isn't should an individual decide what gets to be made public but which individuals go et to decide how 92 million documents are made secret every year? this is the threat. this is what has deformed u.s. foreign policy for the past 12 years. >> john: it is amazing we've asked our viewers if we think he's a traitor or hero or both, the response was overwhelming. faiza and chase will stay right here. we'll be back to discuss more on bradley manning and what constuts an actual whistle-blower. what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? perfectly bite sized drops of rich and creamy chocolate happiness. when the chocolate is hershey's, life is delicious. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint."
foreign policy. the leaks helped spark a revolution in tunisia. played a small but important role there and have sparked worldwide debates discussions and reforms. the real question isn't should an individual decide what gets to be made public but which individuals go et to decide how 92 million documents are made secret every year? this is the threat. this is what has deformed u.s. foreign policy for the past 12 years. >> john: it is amazing we've asked our viewers if we think he's a...
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she did her best to assert her foreign policy internationally. but the white house is structured in a way to protect the president from particular kinds of decision making. ultimately the state department has been calling for action on syria. we know that the secretary of state and the head cia got together and came up with a plan about a year ago to arm the rebels but generally, there's a structural way in which the white house is trying to thwart key decision making on mourn policy and focus on domestic policy. >> michael: and your book talks about a turf war as well. there is one part where you leave a meeting, and the secretary wanted a folder as full as robert gate's. tell us what happened there. >> secretary clinton fully well knew that the state department had been demoralized and beaten down. so she had to lift its standing globally so that the rest of the world would take the state department seriously, and make sure the voice of the state department was heard loud and clear, and she knew in a conversation like the war in afghanistan, th
she did her best to assert her foreign policy internationally. but the white house is structured in a way to protect the president from particular kinds of decision making. ultimately the state department has been calling for action on syria. we know that the secretary of state and the head cia got together and came up with a plan about a year ago to arm the rebels but generally, there's a structural way in which the white house is trying to thwart key decision making on mourn policy and focus...
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all the people in foreign policies orbit susan rice her foreign policy was born out of rwanda and how the u.s. never did anything to help them she's more inclined to be an interventionallist than anybody in his orbit and republicans are okay. >> you mentioned rwanda, and i think you're correct. my fear is that this becomes obama's rwanda where clinton comes back and says that's one of his biggest regrets of the administration. >> john: i want to bring it back to the benghazi issue, even then was calling this obama's revenge which was a bit silly even by their standard. well does it help to keep the benghazi standard alive for the right or does it show the world that they have no fears on benghazi and they're completely above it. >> i think benghazi becomes a story every time you talk about rice. but the problem for the republicans is she now can claim executive privilege and doesn't have to testify. from obama's standpoint there is a smart political move here. >> john: but has the narrative shifted? we have to blame barack obama for this to blame susan rice to blame hillary clinton to
all the people in foreign policies orbit susan rice her foreign policy was born out of rwanda and how the u.s. never did anything to help them she's more inclined to be an interventionallist than anybody in his orbit and republicans are okay. >> you mentioned rwanda, and i think you're correct. my fear is that this becomes obama's rwanda where clinton comes back and says that's one of his biggest regrets of the administration. >> john: i want to bring it back to the benghazi issue,...
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thinks of his foreign policy. obviously his first term, there were safer choice on foreign policy. now, he's free to pursue what he really wants to do. i just love it. they were saying peter barnhart saying setting the table for who knows what. next month, peace in the middle east. by the way i left the cure for cancer on my desk. gangster mic drop and then he's out. >> mic drop. >> stephanie: he sinks a shot from half court. bam, good night! >> i saw the last time he played basketball. it wasn't too pretty. >> been out of practice. >> i agree. i wish the president was more like that when he came to his other appointments. at a certain point, he has to acknowledge they won't give him any of his appointments so he might as well appoint the people he likes and then go with it. the d.c. circuit court is going to be hearing this case about whether or not it's okay for him to have appointments for crying out loud so he might as well make the best of it. and appoint everybody that he wants to. >> stephanie: karl frisch, if it's possible, even more delightful today than usual. >> well, an
thinks of his foreign policy. obviously his first term, there were safer choice on foreign policy. now, he's free to pursue what he really wants to do. i just love it. they were saying peter barnhart saying setting the table for who knows what. next month, peace in the middle east. by the way i left the cure for cancer on my desk. gangster mic drop and then he's out. >> mic drop. >> stephanie: he sinks a shot from half court. bam, good night! >> i saw the last time he played...
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policy team. i give you the least self aware political figure in modern history. while reports last week that he might withdraw his nomination, his brother said today: >> joining me now is another man who keeps fighting, michael tomasky, coming to us from washington d.c. thanks for being here in the war room. >> my great pleasure. hi. >> hi, by the way, you are now the official answer to who is the first get since the trivia question is going to be asked many times the first guest that i had on the war room. >> fugelsang doesn't count huh? >> he doesn't count he's in the family. he doesn't count unfortunately. don't tell him that. >> all right. >> michael, let's get to the business of business here. today, jim. >> jennifer: nhoff is going to hold the nomination. >> whether or not he'll follow through on that, i'm not sure. he has the power to do it. chuck hagel is in a precarious position. he did a bad job in that confirmation hearing. he came unprepared and left a lot of questions in a lot of peo
policy team. i give you the least self aware political figure in modern history. while reports last week that he might withdraw his nomination, his brother said today: >> joining me now is another man who keeps fighting, michael tomasky, coming to us from washington d.c. thanks for being here in the war room. >> my great pleasure. hi. >> hi, by the way, you are now the official answer to who is the first get since the trivia question is going to be asked many times the first...
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the way american foreign policy should be. just got everything wrong in a massive $3 trillion way. the reason there's no humility is the press hasn't held most of the people accountable. >> stephanie: when i'm reading "the new york times" op-ed this weekend, i thought i was having an iraq flashback. the responsible role of a lone superpower is to help enable conflict resolution while maintaining the neutrality. inadvertently reverting fear but caused by american's involvement in the iraq war. like you say, they seem to learn nothing from recent history. >> syria is a complicated matter and has been for a year or two now. no matter what the united states does, there is going to be wide ranging implications. if we sit it out we'll see resentment. if we get involved, we'll fuel resentment. it is middle east. it has been bedeviling presidents for more than half a century now. so that's not really new or that's not a reason to not do something. when no matter what the united states does -- >> stephanie: never enough for john mccain. never big enough weapons. guess what. we're backing a
the way american foreign policy should be. just got everything wrong in a massive $3 trillion way. the reason there's no humility is the press hasn't held most of the people accountable. >> stephanie: when i'm reading "the new york times" op-ed this weekend, i thought i was having an iraq flashback. the responsible role of a lone superpower is to help enable conflict resolution while maintaining the neutrality. inadvertently reverting fear but caused by american's involvement in...
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. >> i have identified at the outset of the so-called arab spring this administration's foreign policy blunders and how those blund verse attributed into turning the middle east into a devastating jihadist earthquake. and the ultimate risk of the redirection of our entire economic system. may it never be. >> michael: sort of noble, but perhaps she should be more worried about her own economic future. she is being investigated by five separate law enforcement agencies. they are looking attack situations that she used money raised for her house race to pay for her presidential bid. a special investigator in iowa is looking into whether her former campaign chairman paid himself out of campaign coffers and the police department is investigating whether sorenson stole an email list from an iowa school. bachmann responded to the growing chorus of critics, in the calm tone of a flight attendant. >> rest assured this decision was not impacted in anyway by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or former presidential staff. it was clearly underthat complianc
. >> i have identified at the outset of the so-called arab spring this administration's foreign policy blunders and how those blund verse attributed into turning the middle east into a devastating jihadist earthquake. and the ultimate risk of the redirection of our entire economic system. may it never be. >> michael: sort of noble, but perhaps she should be more worried about her own economic future. she is being investigated by five separate law enforcement agencies. they are...
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the question is how do we as a democratic society keep our values intact and have a smarter foreign policy. we're giving no motivation for them to stop. we're encouraging their propaganda. >> john: and counting anyone killed in a strike as a militant whether they were or not, we create a blow back, and then we create a new village of american haters. >> when bush and cheney were in power. they were murder inc. the issue with obama, he made a big deal with transparency in history, training the direction that the u.s. were heading in the middle east, and i think the in some ways it has inflamed it beyond bush era levels because some people expected more than obama. there was a great amount of hope by obama's presidency. i think the impact is more visible there when you knew that bush and cheney were cartoonish villains. >> john: i know they want to reduce broken strikes they know it's a loser deal, but i have to ask you, we only have a minute left, about yemen. are they like pakistan playing both sides of the fence, trying to appease their constituents while taking money from us? >> absolute
the question is how do we as a democratic society keep our values intact and have a smarter foreign policy. we're giving no motivation for them to stop. we're encouraging their propaganda. >> john: and counting anyone killed in a strike as a militant whether they were or not, we create a blow back, and then we create a new village of american haters. >> when bush and cheney were in power. they were murder inc. the issue with obama, he made a big deal with transparency in history,...
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furthermore, if we want to get clear on what we're doing in terms of foreign policy, we should take the president's lead and make the changes we need with the authorization to use force and get rid of the authorization to use force that exist. republicans likes saxby chambliss and those who say the president has acquiesced to terrorists they're not right in the head and they should not lead this issue. >> michael: are the conservatives going to be happier if these detainees are in yemen or in a maximum prison in illinois which they fought tooth and nail last time. >> which ever one they think they can get the most mileage out. it doesn't matter what the president does the conservatives are going to be opposed to it. if he took his daughters ice skating over the national mall over the holidays they will accuse him of trying to be like jesus and walking on water. it doesn't matter, they'll be opposed to it. >> michael: karl, the progressives have been uncomfortable, many upset, a lot ofwho iknow and like are upset with the president and he lost them on these drones. is this enough. >> sho
furthermore, if we want to get clear on what we're doing in terms of foreign policy, we should take the president's lead and make the changes we need with the authorization to use force and get rid of the authorization to use force that exist. republicans likes saxby chambliss and those who say the president has acquiesced to terrorists they're not right in the head and they should not lead this issue. >> michael: are the conservatives going to be happier if these detainees are in yemen...
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policy. she's going to basically have the last word on everything that he does in the rest of his second term. >> cenk: now, here's the risk if it affects his popularity. right now his popularity is holding strong at 48%. 47% disapproving. and the republicans frustrated that they can't move that number. but there is one number that is moving. when asked a poll, if they disliked what happened at benghazi, 58% said yes. could three appointments to the dc circuit court susan rice, being more aggressive. does that help his numbers or hurt his numbers. >> "pointing susan rice to sue--the appoint appointment of susan rice only if the american public is paying attention to benghazi. the attention to benghazi seems to be fading. you are seeing a more aggressive president obama. you're seeing him make a push on judges, as you noted the appointment of susan rice. you also saw john mccain, who has been absolutely one of her top critics coming out and saying she's not the person i would have picked but w
policy. she's going to basically have the last word on everything that he does in the rest of his second term. >> cenk: now, here's the risk if it affects his popularity. right now his popularity is holding strong at 48%. 47% disapproving. and the republicans frustrated that they can't move that number. but there is one number that is moving. when asked a poll, if they disliked what happened at benghazi, 58% said yes. could three appointments to the dc circuit court susan rice, being more...
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policy. but it wasn't going to work even if they don't have anything, and they don't have anything. >> stephanie: i go on cnn and the topic is we're going to talk about the president's benghazi problem. and it's like he has a problem because lindsey graham has the vapors again? really? >> i don't think people in the country know what is going on either. they'll say they want answers, but i don't believe they know what they want answers to. >> they don't know what the question is. >> stephanie: yeah. it is election day in south carolina -- and you say -- the cogent point in your headlines, south carolina is still south carolina. obviously the latest poll had mark sanford ahead. >> yeah, and i'm -- i appreciate that it's the fact that it is that competitive is an amazing thing, but it's still south carolina at it's tribal and religious -- >> stephanie: and as you say it's south freakin' carolina. >> yeah, and even if elizabeth colbert-busch were to win, she would be incredibly vulnerable down t
policy. but it wasn't going to work even if they don't have anything, and they don't have anything. >> stephanie: i go on cnn and the topic is we're going to talk about the president's benghazi problem. and it's like he has a problem because lindsey graham has the vapors again? really? >> i don't think people in the country know what is going on either. they'll say they want answers, but i don't believe they know what they want answers to. >> they don't know what the question...
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i want to go to syria before we go to foreign policies. we have refugees spilling out 500,000 to jordan. 200,000 to turkey. those are allies, we should help in that situation. the question is what should we do. it's easy to identify what away shouldn't do. the question is what should we do if anything. >> i will try to offer up the things that should be on our mind. we don't have a very good track record. >> cenk: what do you mean? >> whenever i hear a congressman or senator say arming rebels, or we should get with the rebels and help the rebels, i fell like americans get this idea of us helping the rebels in "star wars" and it ends all great but we forget the history of what happens when we help the rebels when we don't know who they are necessarily are. all that to say there is no easy solution, and the solution to just jump in there and back the relevance isrebels is not necessarily a good amendment. they're rebels and when they turn on us they're terrorists. >> we do know who some of the rebels are number some of them are ordinary syri
i want to go to syria before we go to foreign policies. we have refugees spilling out 500,000 to jordan. 200,000 to turkey. those are allies, we should help in that situation. the question is what should we do. it's easy to identify what away shouldn't do. the question is what should we do if anything. >> i will try to offer up the things that should be on our mind. we don't have a very good track record. >> cenk: what do you mean? >> whenever i hear a congressman or senator...
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the older brother argued with foreign policy, the wars in afghanistan and iraq and religion. tamerlan referred to the bible as a cheap copy of the koran and maybe of his countries are wars are based upon the bible. he had nothing against the american people. he had something against the american government. yeah. and dzhokhar became naturalized last september. federal officials told the ap his older brother had a green card but may have been thwarted by an assault charge. >> some ex-girlfriend. >> stephanie: right. you know, we'll find out more from the fbi because apparently russia had asked them to investigate him at one point but they came up with nothing and at that particular point. the mayor of boston. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you to the law enforcement officials for working together. state police, boston police, fbi, all working together. that's when government works the best. i want to thank also the citizens out there. the last week, i know what's happening because of the bombing at the marathon. but today because of the hard work of so many individu
the older brother argued with foreign policy, the wars in afghanistan and iraq and religion. tamerlan referred to the bible as a cheap copy of the koran and maybe of his countries are wars are based upon the bible. he had nothing against the american people. he had something against the american government. yeah. and dzhokhar became naturalized last september. federal officials told the ap his older brother had a green card but may have been thwarted by an assault charge. >> some...
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policy with other countries around the world right now. this is not a difficult problem. this is a problem that could be solved by the president. i don't get the fact that he's out decrying the congress and other issues when in fact, he can settle this issue himself. cenk: colonel, president obama would say you don't understand, i would love to close it, that's why i gave the speech i did the other day and put it as one of my campaign promises in 2008, but the republicans are not willing, the politics are too hard. >> over 300 terrorists, some really bad guys in federal prison right now. none have escaped or caused the system any problem. a few more is not going to hurt. the big problem is going to be what to do with them in the long run, and as i said, this may sound mack very wellien but i'd put that on the congress's back. i'd say these people are in our prisons, if you don't like it, do something about it. cenk: finally, president bush unveiled his library, you were of course a member of the bush administration as colin powell's chief
policy with other countries around the world right now. this is not a difficult problem. this is a problem that could be solved by the president. i don't get the fact that he's out decrying the congress and other issues when in fact, he can settle this issue himself. cenk: colonel, president obama would say you don't understand, i would love to close it, that's why i gave the speech i did the other day and put it as one of my campaign promises in 2008, but the republicans are not willing, the...
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policy in our countries, which a lot of americans are very ignorant about. cenk: i saw a tweet before i came on the air of someone saying the iraqis have been living with these kind of i.e.d.'s for 10 years because of the war we started when they didn't attack us on 9/11 at all. it happens here once, we all totally justifiably freak out it could have been us, could have been our kids, only it was the iraqis, it was their kids based on a war we started and never be should have. cenk: security, and how do you protect against these threats think of iraqar kabul any city with a high level of violence, you have the entire government set up to prevent bombs from getting through and they still can't do it. you have 100,000 iraqis and americans searching every car and they still get through. there is no way to protect against this stuff on a 100% basis. the fact that this happens with irregularity with other things blowing up around the world, we should be thankful for it. one in 20 million is not bad. cenk: on a relative scale. there is one mythical thing that if i
policy in our countries, which a lot of americans are very ignorant about. cenk: i saw a tweet before i came on the air of someone saying the iraqis have been living with these kind of i.e.d.'s for 10 years because of the war we started when they didn't attack us on 9/11 at all. it happens here once, we all totally justifiably freak out it could have been us, could have been our kids, only it was the iraqis, it was their kids based on a war we started and never be should have. cenk: security,...
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she was president obama's chief foreign policy advisor when he ran for office in 2007 and 8. she has been an outstanding as visor to the united nations and i think she's be terrific as a national security advisor. that was one thing. the other thing was this was the ultimate up yours on the part of president obama to republicans in congress. it was the ultimate f you by president obama. unspoken, but everybody knew that's exactly what it was, because after benghazi republicans falsely accused her of deliberately lying to the american people, trying to mislead the american people. susan rice on those sunday shows after benghazi. she went out and said here is what the intelligence officials and organizations tell us right now, that we know. this could change, but here is what they tell us they know right now, which turned out to be not so true. it was a terrorist attack and not just a spontaneous demonstration. they did not know that at the time. they accused her of deliberately lying. they blocked her from being secretary of state, and now susan rice ends up closer to the pres
she was president obama's chief foreign policy advisor when he ran for office in 2007 and 8. she has been an outstanding as visor to the united nations and i think she's be terrific as a national security advisor. that was one thing. the other thing was this was the ultimate up yours on the part of president obama to republicans in congress. it was the ultimate f you by president obama. unspoken, but everybody knew that's exactly what it was, because after benghazi republicans falsely accused...
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covering foreign policy, i can't let you go without asking you what is happening on syria? john kerry in russia talking with russian leaders -- soviets -- russian leaders starting with president putin trying to get them to join us in stepping up our support of the rebels there or what do you hear? >> well, that's what kerry's goal is. i don't know how successful he's going to be, especially because i think russia agreed to send some sort of air defense system to syria. but you know, i think that the administration in general is starting to edge more toward intervening in some way in syria. they start to sort of ramp up the rhetoric a little more like a senior white house official said earlier this week that when they said that there was a red line, that it will be crossed by any use of chemical weapons. not just a significant use or whatever it is that they said originally. >> bill: systemic. >> systemic. exactly. obama said the other day he compared the situation to libya and to the bin laden raid, two of his big national security success. >> bill: so you think -- particul
covering foreign policy, i can't let you go without asking you what is happening on syria? john kerry in russia talking with russian leaders -- soviets -- russian leaders starting with president putin trying to get them to join us in stepping up our support of the rebels there or what do you hear? >> well, that's what kerry's goal is. i don't know how successful he's going to be, especially because i think russia agreed to send some sort of air defense system to syria. but you know, i...
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i think benghazi is a foreign policy deb be acle that we're accustomed to. the republicans focuses on the talking points -- if there is a scandal here, it is there wasn't enough security and then you have a secret operation that they were running. the talking points was typical. >> john: if there was a prison in the basement of the building, we'll never know about it and we won't be hearing the g.o.p. talk about the safeguards there because they're the ones who cut the funding anyway. let me bring it back to a.p. why do you guys think the d.o.j. already taking so much heat all the time would investigate the a.p. in a broad over-the-top manner? >> i think they're extremely arrogant. i think they have nothing but contempt for the principles of free press. i think the national security has run amok. >> john: do you mean eric holder? i think this is a national security state issue. i think it is obama being -- having caved immediately. this is the kind of issue that obama would have campaigned on in 2008. it is something obama would have taken out. i think like
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foreign policy. tell me about your conversation with president carter. >> one of the things that interested me, he was--what he said about impunity, where he said that he varied a bit from more pure rights activists. he said he wasn't necessarily opposed to giving wretched dictators impunity if it meant that they would step down sooner. they were afraid of being prosecuted by the international criminal court, and because of that they're not willing to give up. they stay and they fight. but if you gave them impunity, and you were not going to prosecute them, they might be willing to step down sooner and save more people sooner. >> michael: it's a cut your loses type of a policy. >> yes more practical. >> michael: it seems that way. let's move to representative john lewis. he's a really spiritual man. how were you able to capture this through your photography? >> i think he simply gave it to me. we had a wonderful conversation first. i interviewed him for the text that accompanies each photograph then
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when we look at not just foreign policy, but our drone policy, our--the use of fisa and the patriot act and guantanamo bay. there are a whole set of concerns that we've had for many years when we thought this president, particularly as a constitutional scholar by trade would actually help us get to a better place. i think that we do have broad concerns about that. i do not think it's going to change substantively under him. >> john: it is worth pointing out as senator barack obama did revote to authorize patriotic too, he has given us a mixed message on that. the aclu has filed suit. do they have the standing. >> it looks like. standing as you alluded to, is the most difficult barrier bringing a lawsuit on surveillance. here the aclu was a verizon business customer, so it knows it's records have been collected. it has been able to allege it's privacy in terms of communications with potential clients, whistle blowers others with whom they want to have a private conversation has been compromised by this. if anyone has standing at this point in time the aclu has a pretty strong case. >> jo
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policy was like. >> sure. there would be hearings in the senate and in the house and it may be not in the house. under boehner but certainly there would be hearings and demands for full disclosure. >> there would be more foreign anger about it. it sort of goes to show, you know, how much president obama sort of changed the idea of, you know, of what he is about allows him perhaps more freedom to do some of these things than bush might have had given sort of how he is -- the beginnings of his foreign policy. >> the whole question of drones in the obama administration, are we letting him get away with stuff that we would never let george bush get away with? the question reed, somebody one to think about. 866-55-press. you know the toll-free number. the president is pursuing this double agenda right now, the sequester still loom can. i want to get to that in just a moment. but right now, he will give a speech on guns and a speech on immigration reform. he is pushing both. how do you assess the chances of both? >>
policy was like. >> sure. there would be hearings in the senate and in the house and it may be not in the house. under boehner but certainly there would be hearings and demands for full disclosure. >> there would be more foreign anger about it. it sort of goes to show, you know, how much president obama sort of changed the idea of, you know, of what he is about allows him perhaps more freedom to do some of these things than bush might have had given sort of how he is -- the...
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joe cirincione a foreign policy guru of our own will be here to talk about syria and benghazi. dennis van roekel head of the national education association here to help us salute teachers in this teacher appreciation week. igor volsky as always on tuesday morning will be here from think progress and yes senators, republicans and democrats yesterday voted for a new tax. sales tax. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines make news. after traveling and working over the weekend, president obama played golf yesterday but it was a working round. in a bipartisan foursome out at andrews air force base just outside washington. he invited democratic senator mark udall of utah and corcoran and chambliss while you on a tall is known as the best golfer in the senate, it was chambliss the georgia republican who had the shot of the day. a spokeswoman confirms he shot a hole in one on the par 3 11th hole. >> bill: the time to shoot a hole in one is when you're playing with the president of the united states. >> that's remarkable. one of my best friend
joe cirincione a foreign policy guru of our own will be here to talk about syria and benghazi. dennis van roekel head of the national education association here to help us salute teachers in this teacher appreciation week. igor volsky as always on tuesday morning will be here from think progress and yes senators, republicans and democrats yesterday voted for a new tax. sales tax. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines make news....
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divided over foreign policy, national security. immigration. there isn't one issue they agree with each other on. >> old guy that has positions that everybody can accept. the old guys are too old. bob dole, come on now. who is the class below him? >> stephanie: you know what? >> that would be john mccain, i think. >> stephanie: that's what i mean. they don't listen to grampy anymore. >> yeah. there has to be someone else besides mccain. >> stephanie: this pew poll, when asked who the leader of the republican party is, nobody. the highest rated answer was nobody. that's the problem. >> it is not mitch mcconnell. >> stephanie: no. too scared of -- you know. >> can't be that scared of ashley judd. just sayin', if you're that afraid of ashley judd, you don't have your "a" game going on. >> stephanie: back with more kathleen madigan on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme ] >> stephanie: all right. hour number three, representative adam schiff, you know jacki schechner, he's on the house intelligence committee. >> yes. >> stephanie: so he can't
divided over foreign policy, national security. immigration. there isn't one issue they agree with each other on. >> old guy that has positions that everybody can accept. the old guys are too old. bob dole, come on now. who is the class below him? >> stephanie: you know what? >> that would be john mccain, i think. >> stephanie: that's what i mean. they don't listen to grampy anymore. >> yeah. there has to be someone else besides mccain. >> stephanie: this pew...
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. >> were you correct or incorrect when you said that the surge would be the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam? were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to -- >> answer the question senator hagel. the question is: were you right or wrong? >> a pretty straightforward question. i would like an answer whether you were right or wrong, and then you are free to elaborate. >> well, i am not going to give you a yes or no answer on a lot of things. >> show that you refuse to answer that question now. please go ahead. >> outrageous part about that is john mccain -- i think john mccain. >> what a jerk. >> first of all, he is a jerk. i think john mccain does this whole thing where he is like, wait. there is cameras. oh, camera 2 and he smiles in thecam and he says i am going to act like a crazy person now to get some attention. he knows we are going to talk about it. >> we are talking being war. sometimes it's not a "yes" or "no" answer. it's just the fact. i like the fact this secretary of nominee is not so clear-cut on the issues. he has seen what w
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policy. so the members of congress who have positions of where they have a media platform are trying to essentially weaken that advantage they have over the party. >> john: do you think the g.o.p. house will look at this attack as a way to exploit it in a series of hearings going forward. >> we've already seen that. peter king, the republican congressman from new york, the chairman of the homeland security committee he's already calling for hearings in extremism in the entire muslim population. swanshe's calling for surveillance of the muslim population. this is getting ugly here where the republican party is putting out ideas to religiously profile people, it's disturbing. >> john: and we know how tough peter king has been on terrorism. >> right. >> john: you hope the bomber was a white american, and doubled down after criticized for your comments. i got what you were saying, but now what you were getting at. now that it's been revealed that they were chechen american brothers. >> when the u
policy. so the members of congress who have positions of where they have a media platform are trying to essentially weaken that advantage they have over the party. >> john: do you think the g.o.p. house will look at this attack as a way to exploit it in a series of hearings going forward. >> we've already seen that. peter king, the republican congressman from new york, the chairman of the homeland security committee he's already calling for hearings in extremism in the entire muslim...
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on the foreign policy front, a lot of questions at the briefing yesterday yesterday. scott lil y at the center for american progress, our great liberal think tank here in washington, d.c. just back from turkey joining united states on our news line on -- in our newsroom this morning, our studio this morning, hey, scott. how are you? >> good to be with you bill. >> bill: we were in turkey last year, carol and i for thanksgiving in istanbul and ephesus. but it was very clear that there was a lot of tension whether it was ticking to the past or moving into the future kind of what direction they were going. this all sort of erupted last thursday over what's the issue? >> well i think there is a lot of self examination going on turkey to say what's the issue. and it's complicated. certainly, there is a device between the people that are more relimingous and more faithful to muslim practices. people who want to keep turkey more secular but i think that's really over played. i think a lot of this has to do with the politician that has been around a lot of time. he has gotten
on the foreign policy front, a lot of questions at the briefing yesterday yesterday. scott lil y at the center for american progress, our great liberal think tank here in washington, d.c. just back from turkey joining united states on our news line on -- in our newsroom this morning, our studio this morning, hey, scott. how are you? >> good to be with you bill. >> bill: we were in turkey last year, carol and i for thanksgiving in istanbul and ephesus. but it was very clear that...
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. >> trashing green energy policy and project. fortunately in this war room there is a campaign to prevent the koch brother takeover. to save the tribune and keep it out of the hands of the koch brothers. daniel the founder of forecast effect. you are basically a group that is about climate change awareness. tell us how finding the kochs and their purchase of the tribune company works in concert with your stated mission. >> sure, and thanks for having me. there is a lot of groups fighting back against this, and that's because there are a lot of reasons to be worried about the koch brothers owning the tribune company papers. they're anti-union. they're anti-government they're anti-regulation. the biggest concern is they're anti-fact. the best place to see that is the work they've done around climate change. they're two of the biggest funders of climate change deniers, promoting the idea that climate change is not happening or that it's caused by fossil fuels. the reason why is they make most of their oil off of oil and gas. they ow
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policy guru. hello, joe. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: let's hear susan rice just to begin with. >> we regret that north korea has again chosen the path of provocation instead of the path of peace. far from achieving -- it's a stated goal north korea has again decided to further improve rich his people. >> bill: this was a pretty significant sanction. >> yes. it restricted yachts, and also suitcases full of cash and because they had the complete support of the entire security council, 15-0, including, most importantly china. >> bill: yeah, china has been the only one standing by north korea up to this point. >> china has opposed previous sanctions. and these are a little tougher. they didn't mind when north korea was poking a stick at the united states or keeping japan and south korea off balance but now this is getting serious. now that they have made some leaps in missile technology they are starting to worry that north korea to disrupt the stability of one of the key areas of china. they cert
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. >> stephanie: he could still do foreign policy. that's impressive. because most men get that bobblely baby head and bill clinton -- that is impressive. who was he talking to? >> i think it was the prime mainster of israel. >> so you are forgiving bill clinton because he is hottest and has more charisma than anthony weiner -- >> stephanie: i am not saying one way or the other -- >> that's kind of what you are saying. >> stephanie: i'm explaining on behalf of chickdom. >> he is hotter so you forgive him. >> stephanie: i don't forgive him. i think he was not an effective congress woman -- or man. there is a scandal. [♪breaking news theme♪] >> stephanie: he has a huge [ censor bleep ] for a woman. now i'm impressed. he was not a great congressman is what i'm saying. he really didn't get anything done legislatively because no one liked him. he was a jerk. and bill clinton i thought was a great president. i didn't agree with everything he did either, but i'm just saying -- >> a lot of people don't like what bill clinton did. >> stephanie: i didn't -- o
. >> stephanie: he could still do foreign policy. that's impressive. because most men get that bobblely baby head and bill clinton -- that is impressive. who was he talking to? >> i think it was the prime mainster of israel. >> so you are forgiving bill clinton because he is hottest and has more charisma than anthony weiner -- >> stephanie: i am not saying one way or the other -- >> that's kind of what you are saying. >> stephanie: i'm explaining on behalf of...
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. >> bill: on all of the foreign policies joe cirincione will be along. lynn sweet from the "chicago sun-times" and jeff kelley, center from american progress on prospects for comprehensive immigration reform this year. and hillary clinton rules the day yesterday in the united states congress. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this thursday, other headlines making news, in sports, a historic upset on the college hardwood last night. number one-ranked duke considered by that ranking as the best basketball team in the country, lost to the unranked university of miami and not by a close margin. 90-63. first time the hurricanes beat a number one team. they're now 14-3. >> i went to bed before the game was over last night. i was watching some of the highlights this morning. it was amazing. they never -- it was never close. they were blowing them away from the very beginning. >> bill: duke of all schools. >> big surprise. beyonce has remained silent thus far on her lip-syncing national anthem performance at the inauguration, other singers ha
. >> bill: on all of the foreign policies joe cirincione will be along. lynn sweet from the "chicago sun-times" and jeff kelley, center from american progress on prospects for comprehensive immigration reform this year. and hillary clinton rules the day yesterday in the united states congress. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this thursday, other headlines making news, in sports, a historic upset on the college hardwood last night....
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service take for our country. >> for me this is not just a matter of policy. it's personal. i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters, and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> john: but for some republicans the issue wasn't the sacrifice americans make overseas but performing a human sacrifice of what was left of susan rice's reputation. as you'll recall there were over 20 protests against americans in the middle east that day related to a video. her comments were based on talking points prepared and approved by u.s. intelligence officials. just don't tell that to senator john mccain. he may have to switch his anger button to off. >> the american people deserve to know answers and they certainly don't deserve false answers. the answers given to the american people on september 15th by the ambassador of the united nations were false. >> john: that's mccain still trying to win the respect of hi
service take for our country. >> for me this is not just a matter of policy. it's personal. i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters, and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> john: but for some republicans the issue wasn't the sacrifice americans make overseas but performing a human sacrifice of what was left of...
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stephanie: julie said by the way, steph, i would pay cash money to see a foreign policy exchange between you and rand paul. that would be spectacular. that's what's going to be awesome. peel have no idea what their party stands for. >> clash of the midgets,. stephanie: right, the neocons and crazy libertarian cuckoo birds. his mustache is like whoo. >> the only reason, his mustache would move like a shmoo. am i right? stephanie: they are a little sparse. his is quite impressive. >> it moves when he talks. stephanie: it's only because he has such an anger problem that it moves so much. so much hot air coming off. >> you could knock off the top 10 floors and it won't make a bit of difference. only reason. stephanie: judy gold next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ ç] ♪ theme stephanie: current t.v. land, judy goad, jacki sheckner. jacki: yes. stephanie: we go to spinning class almost every day. you've been in the class where the instructor said i challenge you to take your shirt off and ride in your sports bra as a body image. jacki: whatever. what class are you going to? stephanie: i
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he said america has no foreign policy. last time he had no american % policy, it was september 1949 hitler had -- [ buzzer ] >> oh, come on. >> stephanie: tim in cleveland. hello. >> caller: hey. it is frightening that loui gohmert gets returns to congress continuously. but it is even more frightening that he has a jd and sat on a ben. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: anybody who appeared in that court, i can only imagine the outcome. >> stephanie: yeah everybody come to order it's judge crazy pants time. >> my guest at this time is texas republican congressman, loui gohmert. >> this administration has so many muslim brotherhood members -- ♪ he's got muslims, he's not muslims on his mind ♪ ♪ has a drink every sometime he says benghazi and you'll drink all the time ♪ ♪ if you bad is black you are in the muslim brotherhood ♪ ♪ we'll go fishing, we'll go fishing for a crime ♪ ♪ he ear always happy, because we're living our right-wing time ♪ ♪ >> stephanie: rude pundit was just talking about -- he s
he said america has no foreign policy. last time he had no american % policy, it was september 1949 hitler had -- [ buzzer ] >> oh, come on. >> stephanie: tim in cleveland. hello. >> caller: hey. it is frightening that loui gohmert gets returns to congress continuously. but it is even more frightening that he has a jd and sat on a ben. >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: anybody who appeared in that court, i can only imagine the outcome. >> stephanie: yeah...
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. >> has to be a big embarrassment for the united states foreign policy wise, this is not something we'll look back on as one of our finest days. >> bill: my fear is that all of the -- here's what -- i guess we're approving right now. all of the talk now is going to be about edward snowden. where is he and what's going to happen? and people are not going to be talking about the nsa program and whether still you can justify that program defend it. >> remember the i.r.s. scandals we talked about? those are gone from the front pages. the nsa story the nsa programs were a big deal for a couple of days and snowden became the big deal and his flight to south america. we're distracted by the shiny objects. you're right. there is this huge debate. i keep hearing the white house and the administration officials saying they're glad this big debate is happening. i'm not hearing the big debate. the debate on privacy has not really happened. because we're all really obsessed with this robert ludlum novel playing out in "the new york times." >> bill: number two i think the debate on privacy hasn't happ
. >> has to be a big embarrassment for the united states foreign policy wise, this is not something we'll look back on as one of our finest days. >> bill: my fear is that all of the -- here's what -- i guess we're approving right now. all of the talk now is going to be about edward snowden. where is he and what's going to happen? and people are not going to be talking about the nsa program and whether still you can justify that program defend it. >> remember the i.r.s....
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. >> stephanie: in twat 2000, he criticized sarah palin saying she lacked foreign policy credentials. it would be a stretch to consider her president. what? [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> it turned out it was a stretch for her to be qualified for vice president. >> or anything for that matter. >> stephanie: he would make a great secretary of state. who said that? >> norman rockwell. >> stephanie: john mccain said that. he said he's not really a republican by his standards which are new apparently. jim, who said hagel was a respected leader in america who served his country admirably with honor and distinction? >> sarah palin. >> stephanie: no. [ buzzer ] also john mccain. of chuck hagel. >> interesting. when did that change? [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: who said chuck hagel has a clear voice on foreign policy and national security? >> who said that? john mclean. >> stephanie: no. senator mitch mcconnell. he said that previously about chuck hagel. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: who said hagel understands the world better than almost anyone. who said that? >> some
. >> stephanie: in twat 2000, he criticized sarah palin saying she lacked foreign policy credentials. it would be a stretch to consider her president. what? [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> it turned out it was a stretch for her to be qualified for vice president. >> or anything for that matter. >> stephanie: he would make a great secretary of state. who said that? >> norman rockwell. >> stephanie: john mccain said that. he said he's not really a republican by his...
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it is debunk that they have damaged foreign policy. he's reportedly hiding out in a russian airport. putin has no intention of sending him back to the united states. comments echo the president's notion that he would be scrambling jets to track snowden down. rice dismissed commentators that they made him a lame duck and hurt u.s. foreign policy. >> i guess tom hanks will play him in a movie. >> stephanie: with the thing in the airport. what movie was that? >> the terminal. >> stephanie: good one jim. >> was it bunk or argle bargle. >> stephanie: let's get a ruling on that. scalia. >> ruled it to be argle bargle. >> i was talking before we went on vacation about how having computers in cars can make them us is etible to mischief. former security adviser richard clark told "the huffington post" the fatal crash of journalist michael hastings was consistent with a car cyber attack. there was reason to believe intelligence agencies from major powers including the united states know how to remotely seize control of the car. dr. kathleen fish
it is debunk that they have damaged foreign policy. he's reportedly hiding out in a russian airport. putin has no intention of sending him back to the united states. comments echo the president's notion that he would be scrambling jets to track snowden down. rice dismissed commentators that they made him a lame duck and hurt u.s. foreign policy. >> i guess tom hanks will play him in a movie. >> stephanie: with the thing in the airport. what movie was that? >> the terminal....
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policy. the next thing i wanted to say was the reason rubio's thing on the t.v. there went so viral and everybody watched it 1,000 times is because he acted like he was shoplifting the water from a convenience store. [ laughter ] stephanie: he did. i said it looked like winona ryder on the security camera the. hmm? total deer in the headlights. >> he was in part talking about how the c.i.a., against his wishes sent up another u.2 flight because he kruschev were to meet. the c.i. asacriad it up. stephanie: historical fun fact. and the fact i learned from that, the largest percentage of people that want to date me and kiss me, really straight, old drunk men. >> sure. stephanie: story of my life. >> if he was 40 years younger that would make him 90. stephanie: greg writes steph. >> if i was 40 years younger i'd remember where i left my cheese. >> i want to make sure you waited for me when i got back from the peliponesian war. the senate is waiting because they don't have all of hagel's financial
policy. the next thing i wanted to say was the reason rubio's thing on the t.v. there went so viral and everybody watched it 1,000 times is because he acted like he was shoplifting the water from a convenience store. [ laughter ] stephanie: he did. i said it looked like winona ryder on the security camera the. hmm? total deer in the headlights. >> he was in part talking about how the c.i.a., against his wishes sent up another u.2 flight because he kruschev were to meet. the c.i. asacriad...
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ben rhodes usually takes the foreign policy side of things. jon favreau, he's usually most involved in this big vision. >> >> jennifer: he's like 31 years old. >> cody keenan also young. he always plays a hand in this. my guess would be -- i haven't spoken to favreau about this. he would be working on this closely with president obama. they do the speeches up until the last minute. on the nobel prize acceptance speech, obama came down from his hotel room with a copy of the speech, went to the fourth floor and gave changes to make on the way over to receive the speech. that could be going on right now. >> john: these guys write the speeches in terms of overview. they're there for structure and tone but it is the president himself who decides what the final content is going to be and who makes the revisions he needs to. how deep his editorial involvement is. >> jennifer: if you're going to be true to who you are, as president, you have to -- you have to have input on this. the language has to come from you, naturally. he's a good writer. obvious
ben rhodes usually takes the foreign policy side of things. jon favreau, he's usually most involved in this big vision. >> >> jennifer: he's like 31 years old. >> cody keenan also young. he always plays a hand in this. my guess would be -- i haven't spoken to favreau about this. he would be working on this closely with president obama. they do the speeches up until the last minute. on the nobel prize acceptance speech, obama came down from his hotel room with a copy of the...
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, our united states foreign relations standing of our country standing for human rights deemed more than the athletes who train? they represent our country. and if our country is not represented properly and going into a country that is repressive, and this is thumbing their nose at america. >> michael: congressman before we let you go your personal life has been in the news a lot this year, unfairly, i think. with an exclamation point. what have you learned from the experience? forgetting the details, but what have you learned from the experience of being in the spotlight like that? >> well, you know, the press, not "the war room," but the other press is oftentimes very irresponsible. they'll look at something and try to find scandal where there is no scandal, then they won't say, i'm sorry, i was wrong. it seems that politics is no longer issue-oriented, it's more personality driven. at some time, and its mentioned in "this town," which i recommend the book. it used to be like sports, who wins and who loses. it's now more like the kardashians they like to tear people apart. for me it w
, our united states foreign relations standing of our country standing for human rights deemed more than the athletes who train? they represent our country. and if our country is not represented properly and going into a country that is repressive, and this is thumbing their nose at america. >> michael: congressman before we let you go your personal life has been in the news a lot this year, unfairly, i think. with an exclamation point. what have you learned from the experience?...
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policy, the earnvinement and his economy and talked about the u.s. putting its own fiscal house in order to be a leader on the world stage. kerry, a long-time clean energy advocate says it is a $6 trillion market worth millions of american jobs and we need to get in the game. >> the solution of climate change is energy policy. and the opportunities of energy policy so vastly outweigh the downsides that you are expressing concern about and i will spend a lot of time trying to persuade you and other colleagues. >> he was less committal about whether he would approve the keystone pipeline because it would cross the border between the u.s. and canada. kerry is expected to get a positive recommendation from the committee and if you will confirmation from the full senate next week. back with more bill press after the break. stay with us. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supp
policy, the earnvinement and his economy and talked about the u.s. putting its own fiscal house in order to be a leader on the world stage. kerry, a long-time clean energy advocate says it is a $6 trillion market worth millions of american jobs and we need to get in the game. >> the solution of climate change is energy policy. and the opportunities of energy policy so vastly outweigh the downsides that you are expressing concern about and i will spend a lot of time trying to persuade you...
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we're covering the foreign policy front this half hour with will dobson from slate and eric burns here from bullfight strategies as a "friend of bill." will, we had heard -- i've heard the president say al-qaeda, we got them on the run. on the run. now suddenly last week or this week, they're on the rise. we've shut down 19 embassies. so which is it? on the run or on the rise? >> well, i mean -- >> bill: is the threat for real? >> you know, everyone who has seen the intelligence, we had this weird sort of beginning of bipartisanship where republicans and democrats when they both see the intelligence say yes, this is the right decision. you feel that -- in this town now, if republicans thought the president was trying to play politics, they would call him out on it. but you've had uniform reaction to the administration's decision to do this. so we don't know what that is precisely but it seems to be strong enough of an indication that they say okay, this is a good call. what does this do? what degree is this helpful besides maybe a defensive measure to sort of protect u.s. personnel. al
we're covering the foreign policy front this half hour with will dobson from slate and eric burns here from bullfight strategies as a "friend of bill." will, we had heard -- i've heard the president say al-qaeda, we got them on the run. on the run. now suddenly last week or this week, they're on the rise. we've shut down 19 embassies. so which is it? on the run or on the rise? >> well, i mean -- >> bill: is the threat for real? >> you know, everyone who has seen the...
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he thinks -- as a foreigner he thinks america should have open arms. he sees what the future voting patterns are. you still have the pockets at fox news that have grown up hating basically as a policy, hating immigrants so they're conflicted. and so fox news is conflicted. fox news doesn't have a voice and oh by the way therefore the republican party is conflicted and doesn't have a voice on the immigration bill. they go hand in hand these days. >> stephanie: by the way your tweet, you said i ask again if texas is such a red state why does governor perry have to call special sessions to jam bills through. hashtag wendy davis. it is a good question, right? >> people point to him as texas as being this incredibly, you know, the reddest state. republicans run the place. i think a lot of people didn't understand which is the special session, the reason the abortion bills weren't passed in regular in that they needed 2/3 in the texas state senate. they said we're going to waive the rules. we're going pure majority. i'm not sure a lot of people understand th
he thinks -- as a foreigner he thinks america should have open arms. he sees what the future voting patterns are. you still have the pockets at fox news that have grown up hating basically as a policy, hating immigrants so they're conflicted. and so fox news is conflicted. fox news doesn't have a voice and oh by the way therefore the republican party is conflicted and doesn't have a voice on the immigration bill. they go hand in hand these days. >> stephanie: by the way your tweet, you...
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. >> yeah, we have vigilantly cops and to an extent a vigilantly foreign policy. and we're all very comfortable with it. as long as it is aimed at the right people. >> stephanie: you have to say this is not about race or guns you say it was not about the propaganda of the gun trial that sends george zimmerman out there in public free to choose to make sidewalk judgments of who belongs and why. and you say we now live in a vigilantly culture. this is what is terrifying, right? >> not to you and me, because we won't face these circumstances, but black parents who have sons i have no idea what you would say to your kid now. >> stephanie: right. >> not only do you have to behave in a certain muted way when confronted by police you have to behave in a muted way whenever some white person who thinks he has authority comes up and talks to you? i mean that's 1929. >> stephanie: yeah. >> you are -- when you pass this, whether you know it or not, you are asking for these events to happen. >> stephanie: yeah. >> you want these events to happen, because you want to demonstrat
. >> yeah, we have vigilantly cops and to an extent a vigilantly foreign policy. and we're all very comfortable with it. as long as it is aimed at the right people. >> stephanie: you have to say this is not about race or guns you say it was not about the propaganda of the gun trial that sends george zimmerman out there in public free to choose to make sidewalk judgments of who belongs and why. and you say we now live in a vigilantly culture. this is what is terrifying, right?...
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senator and experience around the world, senate foreign relations committee. chuck hagel, enlisted man veteran. >> pulled his brother out of a burning vehicle, leaving skardz to his body. these people are not, you know, light-weights. disagree with them on policy basis or whatever you want to say but they are not light-weights. chuck hagel, again, we talked about him a few minutes ago stand-up guy, john kerry, former nominee of his party to be president of the united states. these are not new people or lightweights. but they are not neocohs either. jake calling from eureka,cal. >> i think keeping them on the public airways will ensure the republican parties they are not the best face of the republican party. >> on the domestic side, they are trying to find this new generation, better faces, paul ryans and marco rub yes, sir talking about tupak apparently on interviews now. don't go away. don't go away. i want to hold on because we have something special coming your way a $50 gift certificate for pro-flowers you can use for this valentine's day and the rest of
senator and experience around the world, senate foreign relations committee. chuck hagel, enlisted man veteran. >> pulled his brother out of a burning vehicle, leaving skardz to his body. these people are not, you know, light-weights. disagree with them on policy basis or whatever you want to say but they are not light-weights. chuck hagel, again, we talked about him a few minutes ago stand-up guy, john kerry, former nominee of his party to be president of the united states. these are not...
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policy based on their nightmares. [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you, michael tomasky, great stuff. governor deval patrick. >> we have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered. >> stephanie: yeah hello, just wait for a second before you get the vapors again, lindsey graham. when preachers said it was appropriate for muslims to celebrate u.s. holidays tamry listen -- that was one of the outbursts he had. two u.s. officials said monday the brothers were motivated byry -- by religion, but don't appear to be tied to any groups. tamerlin called the preacher a non-believer and a hypocrite, they shouted back at him telling him to leave, and he did. so it was like a deaf muslim jam. and this is the doctor at boston medical center. >> nearly all of the patients that have lost legs are already walking the halls with physical therapists. it talks a lot of work safety practice, and they have to learn new routines but we're all gearing up for a mass exodus to rehab. >> stephanie: yeah, just because there has been so much news all of these people. they were saying literally i
policy based on their nightmares. [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you, michael tomasky, great stuff. governor deval patrick. >> we have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered. >> stephanie: yeah hello, just wait for a second before you get the vapors again, lindsey graham. when preachers said it was appropriate for muslims to celebrate u.s. holidays tamry listen -- that was one of the outbursts he had. two u.s. officials said monday the brothers were...
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policy and c.i.a. specialists saying yes, he is. so it is a debate worth having. i'm glad we're having it. unfortunately, it is at the expense of a lot of the reporters. >> that's a good way to put it. when you look at how they went through the process of going after fox news, someone who we, you know, have tangled with many times with fox news. the case of them going after james rosen and other reporters eric holder personally oversaw that. he vetted it. he signed off on it. he knows about it. he knew about it. so now the administration has put the department of justice in charge of investigating the department of justice. >> isn't that the old washington story? >> classic headline. federal government clears federal government of all wrongdoing. washington kind of thing that they do. it happens all the time. i think we should all write headlines that say something like that that shows kind of how silly this really is. >> that was part of bob schieffer's take when he talked about it. if you think you h
policy and c.i.a. specialists saying yes, he is. so it is a debate worth having. i'm glad we're having it. unfortunately, it is at the expense of a lot of the reporters. >> that's a good way to put it. when you look at how they went through the process of going after fox news, someone who we, you know, have tangled with many times with fox news. the case of them going after james rosen and other reporters eric holder personally oversaw that. he vetted it. he signed off on it. he knows...
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. >> bill: here we go now 25 minutes after the hour nobody knows the foreign policy issues better, more in depth than joe ciriycone from the plow shares fund. you can find out all of the rest of the stuff plow shares is working on at their website, ploughshares.org. english spelling. we were talking about the chuck hagel and what he might do with the defense budget. i mean there are cuts coming for sure. can defense department survive that? >> it continual you heard leon pan ittetetta say it would be traumatic for the defense department. sequestration is almost certainly going to happen. but there is an upside that it forces choices. there are some turkeys there that are now probably going to get killed. one of them in particular is the plutoneian fuel plant, lindsey graham's home state that was supposed to cost $400 million, now up to 4 billion and real costs probably 6 billion. they wanted to take deadly plutone yam and mix it with fuel. nobody wants to buy it. none of the american peoples want to buy this fuel. it's toxic, hard to handle. it is spiraling out of control. >> bill: what
. >> bill: here we go now 25 minutes after the hour nobody knows the foreign policy issues better, more in depth than joe ciriycone from the plow shares fund. you can find out all of the rest of the stuff plow shares is working on at their website, ploughshares.org. english spelling. we were talking about the chuck hagel and what he might do with the defense budget. i mean there are cuts coming for sure. can defense department survive that? >> it continual you heard leon pan...